The Management of Bayero University Kano has attributed the power outage being experienced at the College of Health Sciences, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital to the recent change of source of power supply.
According to the institution, the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KAEDCO) unilaterally migrated the college to its blue line without the concent of the university management
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The clarification was contained in a statement by Lamara Garba, Deputy Registrar, Public Affairs on behalf of the Acting Registrar of the University, a copy of which was made available to newsmen on Wednesday.
He said following the migration, KEDCO submitted a bill of N30 million to the university for settlement against April 2024 which the university did not budget for.
“The Management of Bayero university is compelled to clarify issues in respect of the power outage at the College of Health Sciences, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.
“Members of the university community may wish to note that the problem was as a result of the unilateral migration of the College to blue line platform by KEDCO without informing the university management, as a result a bill of N30 million was submitted to the university for settlement in April, 2024 after the
migration.
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“Bayero university management did not budget for this and was not consulted
when the migration was done. When the university management was unable to
settle the bill of N30 million, KEDCO cut-off the light of the College,” Garba said.
He said, “It is instructive to note that over the years, the university management has
never reneged in the settlement of its electricity bills and neither did it take long
time to settle the bills.Management has always been prompt in that regard.”
He, therefore, urged members of the university community especially those at the College to bear with the situation as the management is making concerted
effort to restore normal power supply.
He said already, engineers from the university Maintenance Services Department are working tirelessly to separate the College from the hospital for settlement of bills.
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In the meantime, the Management is making arrangement to make sure that
the power outage doesn’t affect students’ water supply in the hostels.
“The Management of Bayero University, Kano is calling on all those affected by this situation to bear with it, as normal power supply will soon be restored,” the statement added.
